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| Criterion |  Decision Making Assumption Surfacing |  Innovation TRIZ |  Decision Making Pre-Mortem |  Facilitation Decision Jam |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | Plans often contain assumptions that were never openly stated and remain dangerous precisely because of that. Assumption Surfacing makes these silent premises visible and prioritizes which of them carry the initiative or could sink it. | For technical contradictions or trade-offs, the method looks for solutions that resolve opposing requirements at the same time. It translates limits into an explicit picture of conflict that becomes workable. This produces not just compromises but more elegant principles. | In early initiatives with many uncertainties, planning quickly turns too optimistic. A pre-mortem makes the expected failure visible in advance and sharpens the view of causes, gaps, and countermeasures. | When a decision is stuck, Decision Jam loosens the knot through structured separation of problem, idea, and selection. The format creates movement without jumping prematurely at the first seemingly elegant answer. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | High | Low | Low |
Timedifferent | 45-90 min | 1-4 h | 20–45 min | 60-90 min |
Participantsdifferent | 2-8 | 2-8 | Small cross-functional group | 4-10 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Assumption List, Critical Assumptions, Learning Plan | Contradiction Statement, Inventive Principles, Solution Concepts | Risk list, Mitigation plan, Assumption log | Problem Cluster, Prioritized Challenge, Experiment |
Tagsno overlap | AssumptionsRiskDecisionDiscovery | InnovationProblem solvingContradictionsCreativity | RiskDecisionFailurePlanning | FacilitationDecisionProblem solvingWorkshop |